Interventions for supporting parents' decisions about autopsy after stillbirth

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Horey, Dell ^a   Flenady, Vicki ^b   Heazell, Alexander E P ^c   Khong, Teck Yee ^d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MATER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AUTOPSY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84875505525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009932.pub2     Document Type: Review

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